Shades of Honor (An Anomaly Novel Book 2) by Sandy Williams

Author:Sandy Williams [Williams, Sandy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780996323123
Publisher: Sandy Williams
Published: 2016-11-02T23:00:00+00:00

14

For all their paranoia about anomalies snapping, the Javerians hadn’t taken extra precautions to contain Ash. A single, unbarred window separated her from the outside world. It was a good ten-meter drop to ground level. There was nothing but cement down there to break her fall, but she was fairly confident she could scale down the wall.

It helped that the Javerians had removed her restraints. They’d treated the knife wound in her side, then left her alone in this small, empty room.

Room. Not cell. This wasn’t a prison. It was an administrative building filled with security weaknesses just waiting to be exploited.

So why was she still there? Why didn’t she save her own ass? Break the window, look for a weakness in the door, something? It wasn’t because two Javerians stood guard in the corridor or because a security lens tracked her movements. Those obstacles could be overcome. The other obstacle, the one that had caused her to be captured in the first place, was something she couldn’t conquer.

Rykus.

He’d said he loved her, and the words had captured Ash more completely than the loyalty training ever had.

A man like Rykus didn’t throw those words around. He meant them. On some level, Ash had known how he felt, but she hadn’t let herself think about the significance of it.

Love meant long-term commitment.

Love meant deep, personal sacrifice.

Love meant being vulnerable to the pain of loss and betrayal.

All those things got people killed on Glory. It was dangerous to grow too attached to anyone. But she kept breaking that rule. She’d broken it on Glory when she’d trusted a few individuals, and she’d broken it when she became friends with her old teammates.

She closed her eyes. The pain of past betrayals and losses was nothing compared to what she would feel if she lost Rip. If something happened to him, she’d shatter.

That’s one reason she’d frozen when he made his confession. She didn’t want him caught in the crossfire. She didn’t want him hurt or detained. When she’d chased after the telepath, she hadn’t thought about what the consequences would be for him. Just how much trouble had she gotten him into? The Javerians hadn’t said one word about his status or condition.

She opened her eyes, then stared at the plain white wall, her fist clenching by her side. She wanted to slam it into the drywall, feel the pain as it reverberated from her knuckles to her elbow.

Why did he have to say the words out loud? He’d made this thing between them too real, and now she was terrified the universe would take notice and tear him away from her.

Relax, Ash. They were only words.

She had to get her equilibrium back. She had to be strong. Focused. Maybe if she didn’t say the words to him, this thing between them would last. She wanted it to last. Forever.

Fuck.

She turned away from the wall before she punched it. A broken hand wouldn’t help anything. She needed to think. She needed to lure the Javerians inside.

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